A man wielding a knife was shot and killed by police Monday morning after confronting officers near Del Paso Boulevard in north Sacramento, officers said.

A man wielding a knife was shot and killed by police Monday morning after confronting officers near Del Paso Boulevard in north Sacramento, officers said.

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Updated: 2:17 PM PDT Jul 11, 2016

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WEBVTT OUR REPORTER HAS JUST ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. WE WILL GET YOU A REPORT A LITTLE LATER IN THE BROADCAST. OUR OTHER BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF NORTH SACRAMENTO, WHERE AN OFFICER HAS BEEN INJURED DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH A SUSPECT. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS DEAD AND ONE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR AN INJURY DURING THAT PURSUIT. WE DO KNOW THAT IT STARTED NEAR DEL PASO BULEVARD AND EDGEWATER ROAD. THAT AREA IS CLOSED OFF WHILE INVESTIGATORS COMB THE SCENE FOR CLUE THAT'S WHERE WE FIND KCRA 3'S KEVIN OLIVER. KEVIN, YOU DO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US ON THE SITUATION. WHAT IS THE LATEST? KEVI THAT IS RIGHT. BEHIND ME, INVESTIGATORS ARE GETTING STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTING EVIDENCE. THEY WERE RESPONDING TO HER REPORTS OF A MAN FLASHING A KNIFE WITH A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND. WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM, HE WOULD NOT LISTEN TO COMMANDS. HE PULLED UP THE KNIFE AND WAS SHOT AND ULTIMATELY KILLED BY POLICE. POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT. THE ORIGINAL CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 9:30 A.M. BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. THEY SAW A MAN DRESSED ALL IN BLACK FLASHING THIS KNIFE. OTHERS SAID THEY SAW A GUN IN THE MAN'S WASTE AND. POLICE ARRIVED. HE WAS ACTING ERRATICALLY. THEY FOLLOWED HIM DOWN THE STREET. LISTEN TO WHAT ONE WITNESS SAID THE MAN WAS DOING WITH THE KNIFE. >> HE THREW IT IN THE AIR -- IT WENT HIGH -- AND HE CAUGHT IT BY THE HANDLE. I WAS, LIKE, DID HE REALLY CATCH THAT BY THE HANDLE? HE KEPT THROWING IT AND THROWING IT. THE OTHER PART, HE WAS DOING A CROSS-ICE SIGNAL AND STARTED DOING KUNG FU ACTION AND THAT IS WHEN HE WALKED OFF. KEVI POLICE FOLLOWED HIM FOR A FEW BLOCKS. HE CHARGED AT ONE POLICE OFFICER AND THE OFFICERS ULTIMATELY ENDED UP LOCKING THEMSELVES IN THE CAR. MORE OFFICERS ARRIVED AND THEY CONFRONTED HIM DOWN THE STREET BEHIND ME. THAT IS WHEN HE PULLED THE KNIFE AGAIN AND TWO OFFICERS FATALLY SHOT HIM. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING GUNSHOTS RANGING FROM FIVE TO 15 . POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY GUNSHOTS WERE ACTUALLY FIRED. KEVIN OLIVER, KCRA 3 NEWS. LISA SO, THE OFFICER TO PROTECT HIMSELF LOCKED HIMSELF INSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR A TIME UNTIL OTHER OFFICERS ARRIVED? DO WE KNOW THE SUSPECT HAD A GUN OR FIRED A GUN? KEVIN: WE DON'T KNOW. WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL REPORT TO POLICE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. THEY HAVE NOT SAID YET WHETHER THEY FOUND A GUN ON HIS BODY OR IF HE FIRED SHOTS. THAT IS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE OFFICER IN THE CAR, AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET, HE CHARGED AT A CAR. THE OPPOSITE LOCKED HIMSELF IN THE CAR. THAT WAS NOT THE OFFICER, I DON'T BELIEVE, WAS ULTIMATELY INJURED. ONE OFFICER WAS GETTING OUT OF A CAR AS PART OF THE PURSUIT, AND THAT OFFICER WAS INJURED, BUT THAT OFFICER WAS NOT SHOT OR STABBED AS A RESULT OF THE SUSPECT -- IT LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICER WAS SIMPLY INJURED DURING THE PURSUIT.

Suspect with knife shot, killed by Sacramento police

A man wielding a knife was shot and killed by police Monday morning after confronting officers near Del Paso Boulevard in north Sacramento, officers said.